how much graft?

[baw 4,360]

Great photo chalky

[Guest born to run1083]

cracking photo as many said before you should post way more often

[Ideation 8,216]

I don't know about the dogs, but after a full days 'proper' ferreting, i'm fooked, and well ready for a warm cuppa and a sit down. When you are a one or two man team, the dogs really have to pull their weight. Between the physical tasks of running and hunting and the afore mentioned mental concentration, it really take it out of them. 8/9 hours in the field, repeated over and over, is graft.

[robert michem 314]

HAS FOLK HAVE SAID IT CAN BE HARD FOR THE GUYS HAS WELL,,,BEING IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE WEATHER, IT CAN SOON MAKE YOU A OLD MAN,,,

[TOMO 26,170]

Is ferreting graft? Seems like a lot think so, personally if your mutt has a decent coat then I think it is just sitting around waiting yc

 

if thats your dog,, it aint a ferreting dog

[willow 53]

when they cut corn FILED MICE everyday

[leegreen 2,171]

I am not so shallow that I don't understand the difference in work load for lurchers , physical, mental or otherwise. What I understood about this thread "how much graft" was the word Graft and I thought that more physical than mental, although I understand the implications of the later I didn't consider mental graft as testing as physical. I mean I have seen fat dogs that could ferret day in day out.

All said I take your point .

[WILF 46,811]

yes hes doing ok but iam sick of him moaning about the dogs,he wont get out as much just walks the railway lines with his dogs and a can of special brew,

 

............oh dear, quality!

[WILF 46,811]

As much as I can and I also like to have a travel about to get them on some different terrain and out of there same old, same old comfort zone.....I also like to see other good dogs work as to me that will educate you as to what type of standard you should be setting yourself.

You may have something in your kennel that you think is the dogs bollocks, but take it up on the hill, on to big stubbles, out in the daytime or places it is seeing more game than you can shake a stick at and it may not be all you though it was

 

 

Seems like you have been there.

 

I have ......but some of us want to know and some of us are happy deluding ourselves

[baw 4,360]

HAS FOLK HAVE SAID IT CAN BE HARD FOR THE GUYS HAS WELL,,,BEING IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE WEATHER, IT CAN SOON MAKE YOU A OLD MAN,,,

[Ideation 8,216]

I am not so shallow that I don't understand the difference in work load for lurchers , physical, mental or otherwise. What I understood about this thread "how much graft" was the word Graft and I thought that more physical than mental, although I understand the implications of the later I didn't consider mental graft as testing as physical. I mean I have seen fat dogs that could ferret day in day out.

All said I take your point .

 

 

It really depends what your idea of ferreting is. . . .

 

If we took a fat dog ferreting i doubt it'd still be walking come afternoon.